No nazionale chance any more. Paletta will stick around and won't mind being second choice.

Paletta has the same age Barzagli had when he moved to Juventus for 0,5m. Before that, he was considered a mediocre player who was never going to be called again for the national team. He eventually became one of the best central defenders of both Serie A and national team.

Looked shaky in the beginning but turned out well as the game progressed.
Felt like there were communication issue between him and other defenders at times.
Hopefully these issues will be sorted with time.